Stories For Change
I served as EIC of Synapse from Fall 2016 to Summer 2019. I wanted to serve as the EIC because I’m passionate about science communication and wanted to help other students find their voice and hone their writing skills.
This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion
[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...
Community Partnerships and Transformative Legislature: The Route to Equitable Abortion Access
It has been nearly one and a half years since Roe V. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...
Decolonizing Global Health: The Urgent Need for Diverse Authorship
Originally a method through which European colonizers exerted power over the colonized, the field of global health has taken different...
Women and Pain: A Case for Compassion in Medicine
Countless women are often told the pain will be “just a pinch” on the day of their Inter-Uterine Device (IUD)...
This Date in UCSF History: Whistleblower Describes Tragic ‘Study’
[Originally published in Synapse on Jan. 20, 1994.] In a Jan. 12 talk at UCSF, Peter Buxton described his efforts...
This Date in UCSF History: Men Should Own Up to ‘Women’s Issues,’ Says Former Pro Athlete
[Originally published in Synapse on December 19, 2003.] Why is the greatest insult one can hurl at a boy is...
This Date in UCSF History: Students Granted Political Asylum
[First published in synapse on October 22, 1989] Two Chinese dissident students, Hoy Yu Vi, 27, and Luo Jian Guang...
Unfairly Adjudicated: Onward We March
We’re not destined for defeat; thus is the song of our warriors! Proud in our minority skins, such is a...